Kiwanis Club Sponsors Hope Haven Program in Rock Valley
The Rock Valley Kiwanis Club sponsors a public program by Hope Hayes students at Rock Valley Community School New Gym this Friday at 8:00 p.m. The show themed The Home and Family features songs speeches and role playing by Hope Haven school children. Proceeds go to Hope Haven.
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Rock Valley Kiwanis Club
Hope Hayes
Rock Valley Community School
Hope Haven
Salem Reformed
Rock
Rock Valley Kiwanis . Club
Mel Clarks Arrive In Sioux City After Trip
The Melvin Clarks reached Sioux City Wednesday evening and told relatives they would be inniatiz. They planned to arrive at a Sioux City marina at 5:00 Wednesday. The couple returned earlier than expected, commenting that the sailing conditions near New Orleans were not very nice. Mrs Clark is a sitter of Mrs Rich-Berkenpas 2nd. Donald Canilegicter.
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Melvin Clarks
Sioux City
Inniatiz
Clarks
New Orleans
Clark
Rich-Berkenpas
Donald Canilegicter
White Elephant Sale Aids Scouts With 316.60 Proceeds
The auction day yielded 918.60 in receipts before expenses. After costs the net proceeds support Cub and Boy Scouts with tents, dining flies, leader equipment, and program resources. Rock Valley volunteers and donors praised the community’s support for Scouting.
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Rock Valley
Rock Vatley
Cake Course Celebrates Mrs Bleyenburg Birthday
Mrs Henry Bleyenburg attends a two week course in Minneapolis for wedding and special occasion cakes. She assists her husband at Valley Bakery and is a former Bancroft and Swea City resident now in Fort Dodge. The article notes her 160th birthday on April 80th and mentions Miss Adolphson who taught school for 40 years.
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Henry Bleyenburg
Minneapolis
Bleyenburg
Valley Bakery
Emma Adolphigon
Bancroft
Swea City
Fort Dodge
Adolphson
Three R V Youth In ISU Veisha Event
Three recent graduates from Rock Valley Community School now at Iowa State University will join Sigma Chi Fraternity Veisha Days on Saturday in Ames. The event invites large groups of young Colored visitors to tour the fraternity house during the weekend in May. Herbert Hoover received 84 honorary degrees.
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Rock Valley
Reformed Group To Listen To Youth
Youth and minority groups may gain voice in the Reformed Church in America as the General Program Council in New York votes to amend the Constitution for two at large Black Council members and to include youth and minorities in its tasks. The council approves a chaplaincy program for draft-age exiles in Canada, funds for emergency ministry, and support for refugees families, with up to 1000 dollars set aside. The denomination will alter foreign partnerships, maintain joint education work, and elect Harold Colenbrander as chair with Harry De Bruyn as vice-chairman. Youth observers from four colleges attend the meetings.
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Reformed Church In America
New York
Black Council
Reformed Church General Syflod
General Synod
General Program Council
Canada
National Council of Churches
National Council Office
Reformed Churches
Leysen
Asia
United Church of Christ
Philippines
Harold Colenbran
Win $50 In Whos Who Cont Contest Winner Named
Juanita DeRulter won this week’s Who’s Who contest after being picked first in Monday’s drawing and will receive $5.00. The quiz note shows a mystery VIP this week named Weber Burgers with clues linking names and businesses to past and present roles.
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Juanita DeRulter
Jobb Kennedy Airport Area Coverage on Long Island
Jobb F Kennedy International Airport area coverage on Long Island New York spans about four thousand nine hundred acres. The report notes the scale of the project and its regional significance for transportation and development.
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F. Kennedy International Airpect
Long Island, N.Y
Winterfeld Park Dedication At Sioux County Ceremony
Winterfeld Park is dedicated April 25 26 with the Winterfeld Boating and Fishing Area named for Will Winterfeld chairman of the Sioux County Conservation Board. The area will feature native plantings a dock lighting and a stocking program with the Fisheries Division of the State Conservation Commission. A portion of the land was donated by Mr and Mrs Hacey Kersbergen and Mr and Mrs Lyle F Kersbergen. Construction of the dock boat ramp and other work was done by the County Highway Department under Gerrit J Brands supervision. The Sioux County Board includes Will Winterfeld Rock Valley Davis Rollof Vice Chairman Sioux Center Elwood Whitey Iversen Secretary Treasurer Hawarden Richard Downenha Seyden and Donald Van Gelder Altag down Gerald Schiefen is Executive Park Officer.
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Winterfeld
Will Winterfeld
Sioux County Conservation Board
Sioux County
Securiy Ughts
Fisheries Division
State Conservation Commission
Dey Motes
Iowa
Hacey. Kersbersen
Lyle F. Kers-bergen
County Highway Dept
Gerrit J. Brands
Fe 4Y
Sioux County Board
Rock Valley
Davis Rollof
Sioux Denisz
Elwood "Whitey" Iverscn
Hawarden
Richard Downenhea
Seyden
Eonald van Gelder
Altag
Down
Gerald Schiefen iv
Main Street Plan At May 11 Meet
Don Mullen former mayor of Sioux City will be a guest at the Commercial Club meeting on May 11. He will present a slide program portraying possibilities for a general face lifting of Rock Valley's Main Street. Clayton Arends urges all members to attend. property owners and non member merchants are invited.
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Don Mullen
Sioux City
Commercial Club
Mullen
Rock Valley
Clayton Arends
Genral
Hope Haven Adviser Attends Federal Institute in New York
Special education director Attends a three day federally funded institute in New York City this week to gain background for Hope Haven's planned Pre Vocational Evaluation and Training program. Ruiter will serve as Programming Advisor in the new service within the total Hope Haven program. Also notes a 1898 bicycle built to seat 10 people.
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Art Ruiter
Hope Haven
New York City
Ruiter
Buiter
Auto Mishaps and Pedestrian Injury Reported
On Saturday May 2 at 9 45 a m John Vande Weerd Sr of Rock Valley traveling south on 19th Ave near Hiway 18 failed to yield and collided with a eastbound 1968 Ford pickup driven by John Zevenbergen of Hull pushing the latter into a ditch. Damages were 126 to Vande Weerd s 1961 Chevrolet and 290 to Zevenbergen s pickup with no injuries reported. Earlier, Garolyn Kempema of rural Rock Valley was injured April 28 in a car pedestrian crash on the Creamery Creek bridge near Rock Valley when seven year old Carolyn Kempema darted into the road struck by a 1965 Rambler driven by Douglas Smith owned by Judson Stith. Carolyn suffered a broken left leg and was taken to Hegg Memorial Hospital. no internal injuries reported and the Smith car sustained no damage. The accident was described as unavoidable.
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John Vande Weed, Sr
Rock Valley
19Th Ave
Hiway
John Zevenbergen
Hull
Vande Weerd
Zevenbergen
Garolyn Kempema
Creamery Creek
Charles Kempema
Douglas Smith
Judson Stith
Carolyn
Smith
Hegg Memorial Hospital
Servicemen's News Promotion for Aviation Electronics Technician
Jim Wilson son of Mr and Mrs James A Wilson of Lock Valley was promoted May 1 to Aviation Electronics Technician R Second Class. He passed the Navy wide competitive exam for promotion and is serving aboard the aircraft carrier John Hancock which recently retired to California after fleet duty in the South Pacific.
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Jim Wilson
James A. Wilson
Lock Valley
Wilson
John Hancock
California
South Pacific
Oars Found in Danish Bogs Date to Early Era
Archaeologists report oars recovered from Danish bogs have been dated to 0008,¢, shedding light on early boating technologies. The find suggests widespread use of carved oars by communities in northern Europe during the period, with implications for trade and travel networks.
Four County Sewing Carnival to be hosted in Sheldon
The Four County Sewing Carnival occurs May 19 in Sheldon at the United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall with Miss Margaret Ward of New York City among the demonstrators. She will speak on Sewing with Knits Not Wovens and Fusibles, while other sessions cover Fashion, Zippers, Fitting, and Fabric care. Organizers include Eleanor Ladd and Ethel Oldaker with cooperation from Iowa State University Extension and local businesses.
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Sheldon
Fellowship Hall
United Methodist Church
Margaret. Ward
New York City
Wits
Meney
Ward
Stout State University
Wisconsin
Iowa State University
Lyon
Osceola
Sioux
O'Brien
Eleanor Ladd
Ethel Oldaker
Three GOP Precincts Hold Meeting In RV
Republican Precincts met at City Hall in Rock Valley on Monday evening May 4. Delegates and officers were elected for Rock Precinct to attend the Sioux County Convention in Orange City June 12 at 8:00 p.m. with Wynia as chairman and Hegy as vice chairman, plus a listed slate of delegates from Rock and the precincts Sioux Two and Settler Two.
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Rock, Sioux
Rock Valley
Rock
Sioux County
Orange City Court House
Charles Wynia
Precizet
Pala Hegy
Hay
Roorda
John Vander Ginden
Mace Klomp
John Kersbergen
Floyd Terpsua
John Kacima
Steve Vander Well
Connie van Zenten
Sam Ver Hees
Fannie van Noort
Jennie Maasén
Barbara Anderson
Kintie Joy Kooima
Robert Jacobsma
Gus Kuyper
al Porter
Walter Vender Welt
Cora Vander Well
Sioux Two
Dorothy Driessen
Pete Dorhour
Bert van Keherix
Settler
Harold Groth
Richard Resegaard
Roy Folverts
Death Notice for Leonard Landhuis in The Netherlands
Word of brother John C Landhuis Rock Valley received a black edged letter at Leonard Landhuis funeral held Saturday April 28 Leonard 72 of Vriezenveen died April 22 after a long illness The rest mentions Chinese typewriters and demonstrations not clearly connected to the obituary.
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John C. Landhuis
Rock Valley
Leonard
Leonard Landhuis
Vriezenveen
Netherlands
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